Removing failed or nonreporting resources

Learn how to remove resources. Completing this task might help increase your server performance.

Attention: Resolve all hardware problems before continuing. Do not remove any I/O resources that are non-reporting because they switched between logical partitions and currently are not owned by the logical partition you are working in. Careful planning is required when switched I/O is involved.

Perform the following steps for each IBM® i partition:

  1. Enter STRSST on a command line to start system service tools (SST) on the logical partition. Sign on to SST.
    Note: To use system service tools, you need a valid service tools user ID. See the service tools user ID topic for more information.
  2. Select option 1 (Start a Service Tool).
  3. Select option 7 (Hardware Service Manager (HSM)).
  4. Select option 4 (Failed and non-reporting hardware resources), and then press Enter. Identify and record all resources that are switched between logical partitions. You might need to reassign or rename these resources following the expansion unit conversion.
  5. Select option 4 (Remove) to remove any failed or non-reporting resources. If you receive a message saying No failed or non-reporting logical hardware resources found, skip to step 8.
  6. Confirm removal of failed or non-reporting resources.
  7. Press F12.
  8. Press F6 to print the system configuration list.